Designed by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (born France, 1814–1879)
Made by Placide-Benoît-Marie Poussielgue-Rusand (born France, 1824–1889)
Paris
Pair of Altar Candlesticks
INV-2389
Designed by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (born France, 1814–1879)
Made by Placide-Benoît-Marie Poussielgue-Rusand (born France, 1824–1889)
Paris1862
Pair of Altar Candlesticks
Designed by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (born France, 1814–1879) Made by Placide-Benoît-Marie Poussielgue-Rusand (born France, 1824–1889) Paris →gothic revivalaltar candlestickscandlesticks
Date
1862
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
1: 42.3 × 20.8 × 18.6 cm (16 5/8 × 8 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.); 2: 41.6 × 20.4 × 18.1 cm (16 3/8 × 8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Patricia and Martin Levy in honor of Christopher Monkhouse
These candlesticks are based on a design developed by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc to furnish a chapel in the Paris cathedral of Notre-Dame. Viollet-le-Duc was one of the architects responsible for restoring Notre-Dame in the 1840s, following the damage and destruction of many religious sites during the French Revolution. His designs, inspired by the Gothic style of the medieval period, also proved popular among a secular clientele. Candlesticks of this design remained in production as late as 1889, when they were displayed at the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair in Paris.
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